acs2019slov

Publisher

American Chemical Society (ACS)
Agreement ID acs2019slov
Agreement labeling Consortia Offset Benefit Program
Has the agreement been disclosed and published? No
Agreement period 01/01/2019 – 12/31/2019
Consortia / Institution Slovenian Consortium
Country Slovenia
SIZE

Approximate range of annual corresponding author publications

 55
COSTS

How do the costs of the agreement relate to previous subscription-only agreements with the publisher?

 Agreement costs within the range of the previous spending level
Comments on cost development  Price increase due to keeping the regular annual price cap, as agreed in previous years for the subscription-based license
FINANCIAL SHIFT

Transfomative agreements vary by their transformative mechanisms, meaning the way in which financing is shifted from the subscription side to open access publishing. What are the characteristics of this agreement to this regard?

 Subscriptions fully converted to OA publishing fees (access related costs 5% or less)
RISK SHARING

How do entitlements for open access publishing correlate to the anticipated article output? Which mechanisms for risk sharing have been agreed in cases of exceeding or not reaching the number of OA publishing entitlements?

 The whole amount, previously spent to finance the subscription-based access is recalculated as APC budget to cover APCs. The calculated number of “credits” is expected to cover the annual article output by the authors from consortium institutions. Unused credits can be used to publish OA articles even after the expiration of the contract, taking into account the year in which the article was accepted for publication. Each additional article will be invoiced separately.
OA COVERAGE

Are all journals relevant to your affiliated authors (in which you expect them to publish) eligible for OA publishing under the agreement?

 Yes
Are fully open access journals covered by the agreement? No
OA LICENSE CC-BY mandatory
ARTICLE TYPES
 All article types are included, except ebooks
ACCESS COSTS

What is the approximate share of access related costs of the overall agreement?

 0%
ACCESS COVERAGE

Are all read relevant journals covered by the agreement?

 Yes
PERPETUAL ACCESS RIGHTS Yes
WORKFLOW ASSESSMENT Ok
OVERALL ASSESSMENT AND COMMENTS

 

 This is a good example of a clear and transparent publishing agreement in the framework of the current spending.
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